Table 2

Results obtained for venous leg ulcer sample using pyrosequencing (PRAPS). This table provides the identified genera of the bacteria found using pyrosequencing (PRAPS) in the V sample, the number of sequences corresponding to a given genus, the known gram staining properties, the aerotolerance (anaerobic, anaerobic, or facultative anaerobic) nature of the genus, and the relative shape (rod or cocci) of the genus.

Genus
Seq
%
Gram
Aerotolerance
Shape

Enterobacter spp.
14288
44.83
-
Facultative anaerobe
Rod
Serratia spp. *
6132
19.24
-
Facultative anaerobe
Rod
Stenotrophomonas spp.
3532
11.08
-
Aerobe
Rod
Proteus spp.
2469
7.75
-
Facultative anaerobe
Rod
UWB
1446
4.54
unk
Unk
Unk
Proteus mirabilis.
1080
3.39
-
Facultative anaerobe
Rod
Salmonella spp.
739
2.32
-
Facultative anaerobe
Rod
Clostridium spp.
408
1.28
+
Anaerobe
Rod
Alcaligenes faecalis
337
1.06
-
Aerobe
Rod
UWB
261
0.82
unk
Unk
Unk
Pseudomonas spp.*
185
0.58
-
Aerobe
Rod
Staphylococcus spp.*
143
0.45
+
Facultative anaerobe
Cocci
Brevundimonas diminuta
123
0.39
-
Aerobe
Rod
Streptococcus spp.
107
0.34
+
Facultative anaerobe
Cocci
Acinetobacter spp.
102
0.32
-
Aerobe
Rod
Enterococcus spp.
94
0.29
+
Facultative anaerobe
Cocci
Pantoea spp.
81
0.25
-
Facultative anaerobe
Rod
Corynebacterium striatum*
81
0.25
+
Aerobe
Rod
Peptoniphilus spp.
65
0.20
+
Anaerobe
Cocci
E. coli
31
0.10
-
Facultative anaerobe
Rod
Bacillus spp.
25
0.08
+
Aerobe
Rod
Paenibacillus spp.
24
0.08
+
Facultative anaerobe
Rod
Eubacterium spp.
24
0.08
+
Anaerobe
Rod
Klebsiella spp.
21
0.07
-
Facultative anaerobe
Rod
Xanthomonas spp.
17
0.05
-
Aerobe
Rod
UWB
17
0.05
unk
Unk
Unk
Ferrimonas spp.
17
0.05
-
Facultative anaerobe
Rod
Finegoldia magna
13
0.04
+
Anaerobe
Cocci
Dendrosporobacter quercicolus
13
0.04
-
Anaerobe
Rod

UWB refers to unknown wound bacteria or sequences without significant similarity to database sequences. * The asterisk identifies bacteria previously cultured from a single culture result from each subject's medical record from subjects in the V pool. The only bacterium cultured that was not found using PRAPS was Citrobacter. The % represents the percentage of the total sequences analyzed within the sample.

Dowd et al. BMC Microbiology 2008 8:43   doi:10.1186/1471-2180-8-43